As a bit of an experiment the other day I searched YouTube for versions of Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony. It turns out that there are lots, confirmation that the Internet can be a good thing when it wants to be.
The stimulus for my search was finding in my feed a link to a particularly fine version of the masterpiece performed by the Budapest Festival Orchestra. This both sounds good and looks fantastic due to some excellent camera work. The shots of individual players are cunningly selected to illustrate facets of the music, particularly those of the soloists. The visuals make everything sound clearer to a non-musician like myself, if that makes sense.
And seeing it in action, as it were, I finally have begun to understand why the ondes martenot sounds so beautifully expressive.
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